About Me: Struggles

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A little more about what I struggle with on a daily basis:

I have confirmed ADHD since I was a child, only recently understanding why I struggle so much with memory and processing. I also suspect I'm autistic as well because I'm not good at socializing/reading cues (like flirting or sarcasm), nor regulating my own emotions and it can get me in trouble a lot. I also, say what's on my mind too often and I end up being super harsh sometimes.

Anxiety and Depression... Well they're bad more often than not...

I have Extra loose ligament syndrome which is very similar to EDS, and I'm very prone to dislocations and arthritis.

I also have a half fused hip joint that happened when I was like 4 (hip joint disintegrated and grew back wrong (not sure how to spell the medical term for it)).

My body produces too much insulin and eventually will stop and I'll eventually have to do insulin injections (but thankfully it hasn't happened yet)

Chronic Migraines: I've had these probably since I was about 8 that I remember. When I was in Junior year they got so frequent that I missed a lot of school and almost failed, but luckily I managed to eek out most my classes and only had to take 2 extra classes my senior year (sadly that meant bo electives though 😭)

I also have an over active thyroid problem which doesn't help with my weight and sadly as a woman I have to shave constantly so I don't have a beard (tmi 🤷‍♀️, but it's a real problem 😞).

Pretty sure I have some sort of trauma as well from my childhood because I actually don't remember much from that time... Things here and there but good or bad it's mostly just blank, which is why I love pictures so much cause then I have documentation that it happened and so I can try to remember later if I do forget...

Anyways that's a little about my medical issues 😅...

Most of my writing does come from my over active ADHD brain and my "How does this work?/What if?" Autism brain as well as dreams and stuff I see/hear/watch on TV. Being unable to do a lot of things has also given me perspective and an appreciation for the things I can do and what we take for granted everyday. I may be in a lot of pain/limited on what I can do, but I can still do things and that's a miracle 😅❤️.

Personally, I don't think my family thought I'd ever still be writing almost 15 yrs later, but I actually still enjoy it, it's become more than just a hobby it's my escape from my everyday struggles. Sure I lose motivation here and there (ADHD) but I've stuck with this longer than anything else I've ever picked up and I'm proud of that...

Sorry for this late night thought and boring story, but yeah there ya go 😅.

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